FEATURE ARTICLE
Zoning 420: California Land Use Law and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries by Bradley Brownlow, Cox, Castle 255
LAND USE NEWS
Award of Additional Federal Funds May Help Keep High-Speed Rail Moving Forward in California261
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Faces Suit to Compel Recovery Plans for Endangered California Amphibians262
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees to Consider Listing Hundreds of Species as Endangered or Threatened263
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Publishes Notice of Rules to Protect Land for Renewable Energy Development from New Mining Claims264
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Upholds City’s Mobilehome Rent Control Ordinance and Implementing Guidelines266
Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, ___F.3d___, Case No. 09-57039 (9th Cir. Mar. 28, 2011).
Ninth Circuit Upholds Bureau of Land Management’s Decision to Keep Lands Open to Off-Road Vehicle Use268
Gardner v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, ___F.3d___, Case No. 09-35647 (9th Cir. Apr. 7, 2011).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
California State Lands Commission Policy about Development of Tidelands Invalidated by Third District for Failure to Comply with State APA270
Bollay v. California Office of Administrative Law, 193 Cal.App.4th 103 (3rd Dist. 2011).
Sixth District Holds City’s Adoption of Detailed, but Conditional, Stadium Term Sheet Did Not Constitute ‘Approval’ of a Project under CEQA271
Cedar Fair, L.P., v. City of Santa Clara, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H035619 (6th Dist. April 6, 2011).
Second District Rules that City of Los Angeles’ Voluntary Acquisition of Properties Did Not Create Condemnation Blight273
City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 194 Cal.App.4th 210 (2nd Dist. 2011).
Second District Upholds City’s Project EIR, Finding Substantial Evidence Supported Conclusions as to Water Quality and Groundwater Impacts275
Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Malibu, 193 Cal.App.4th 1538 (2nd Dist. 2011).
Fourth District Finds Payment of Taxes on Railway Easement Not An Element of a Prescriptive Easement Claim277
The Main Street Plaza v. Cartwright & Main, LLC, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. G043569 (4th Dist. Apr. 27, 2011).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE279
